Train order delivery device



A. J. PIESZAK ET AL TRAIN ORDER DELIVERY DEVICE Aug. 17, 1937.

I Filed June 5, 1936 ATTORNEY am MM WITNESS Patented Aug. 17, 1937 UNETED STATES PATENT OFFICE Anthony J. Pieszak and Edward M. Mulcahy,

Dunkirk, N. Y.

Application June 5, 1936, Serial No. 83,802

1 Claim.

The invention relates to a train dispatch deliverer and more especially to train order delivery devices.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, wherein train orders or dispatches at a railway station can be conveniently transferred or delivered to a crew of a fast moving passenger or freight train with safety and surety in the delivery, the device being of novel construction and will avoid injury to a person, that is to say, a member of the crew upon a moving train when maniuplating such device.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter, wherein the carrier for the train orders or dispatchers is in the form of a hoop or loop, the same being hung in a manner to permit a member of a crew of a fast moving train to thrust his hand and arm through the hoop or loop for its removal from its support at a station along the route of such train so that train orders or dispatches can be transferred between the station and the fast moving train without undue exertion and avoidting placing the acquirer in a hazardous position.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, wherein the loop or hoop constituting the carrier for train orders or dispatches is novel in its form and also the mounting for such loop or hoop is unique so as to permit the changing of the position of the loop or hoop when the same is caught by the arm of a member of the crew upon a fast moving train for the successful transfer from a station en route of said train to the latter.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and eiiicient in operation, unique in its make-up,

strong, durable, and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which discloses the preferred embodiment of the invention and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure l is a side elevation of a pair of the devices constructed in accordance with the invention and in position to be caught by a member of the crew of a moving train for the transfer of a dispatch or orders from a station to the 55 said train.

Figure '7 is a bottomplan view of the turning barrel of the mount.

Figure 8 is atop plan view of the bearing sleeve for said barrel.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary elevation showing the train dispatch or auto clip.

Figure 10 is an exploded fragmentary detail View through the male and female parts of the device.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in V the drawing. 7

Referring to the drawing in detail, each device comprises a hoop or loop IE1 which is formed with a straight extended stem ll outside of the loop or hoop formation and serving as a male member for releasable engagement in a tubular staff 12 which is a part of a mount for the said loop or hoop and hereinafter fully described.

The staff I2 is threaded into a coupling nipple !3 of a turning barrel affording a hub I4 rotatably fitting a bearing sleeve IE, it having a circular base I6 while accommodated within this sleeve is a holding pintle or post ll. The post or pintle I! is riveted or otherwise made fast at its lowermost end in a horizontal extension I8 of a bracket 19. This bracket is made fast upon a post or other upright 20 conveniently located at a railway station close to the tracks for moving trains.

The post or pintle l'l rises vertically from the horizontal extension I8 of the bracket l9 and the bearing sleeve I5 is made fast thereon by a retaining pin 2| which passes transversely through the post or pintle and the said sleeve close to the upper ends thereof.

The base It of the bearing sleeve 15 in the front thereof has formed therein a V-shaped notch 22 for the engagement therein of a latching or keeper pin 23 suitably fastened in the lower end of the hub l4 so that the hoop or loop it] which in neutral position will project outwardly from the bracket I9. The staff I2 is set at an angle to have it inclined in the direction of the support or post 20 so that the hoop or loop ID will have a slightly lifted position when carried by the staff I2.

Connected with the hub M on opposite sides thereof are coiled tensioning springs 24, these being also fastened to the base l6 of the bearing sleeve and such springs function to hold the pin 23 latched in the notch 22 and the hoop or loop in in neutral forward position.

The stem i! carries a fastener or lug 25 adapted to be releasably received in a deep notch 26 provided in the staff l2 and opening through its outer end. The purpose of the fastener or lug 25 engaging in the notch 26 is to hold the loop or a hoop 12 in a perpendicular or upright condition so that a member of a train crew can convenient- 1y pass his hand and arm through the loop or hoop l when upon a fast moving train so as to detach the said hoop or loop from the staff l2 for the transfer of train orders or dispatches from a station to the moving train. M of the staff l2 can readily turn upon the bearing sleeve I so that self-adjustment of the device is possible whereby the staff |2 will assume angularity according to the manner of catching the hoop or loop when the arm of a member of the. crew has been passed thereinto for the removal of such loop or hoop in making transfer of train orders or dispatches.

Carried within the loop or hoop H! is a spring in the clip 27 and hangs the loop or'hoop H) in place by inserting the stem ll within the staff l2 as is clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing whence this loop or hoop will be supported to be caught by a member of the crew upon a fast moving train without necessitating the train stopping for this purpose. When the member of the crew acquires the loop or hoop the dispatch or order is removed from the clip The hub 21 and then such loop or hoop is thrown to the ground to be; recovered byan attendant at the station. The catching of the loop or hoop is had by a trainman slipping his arm therethrough and when a pull is exerted thereon it will be separated from the staff ll of the mount at the station, the staff being adapted to swing to the required angularity in the successful catching of the loop or hoop by a trainman.

It is preferable to have hung at the. station a pair of the hoops or loops Ill so that the dispatch or order in one can be acquired by a conductor while the dispatch or order in the other can be acquired by an engineer, these members of the crew being located at different ends of the train when traveling past the station where it is desired to transfer dispatches or orders therefrom to the traveling train.

What is claimed is:

A train order delivery device comprising a hoop having a straight stem extended for a distance exteriorly of the hoop and forming a male member, a stationary vertically disposed post having a base provided with a notch, a turning barrel forming a hub rotatably fitted on said post, a coupling nipple formed with said barrel and upwardly angled with relation thereto, a tubular staff fixed in said nipple and projected therefrom at the same angle and forming a. female socket member for separably receiving the stem which is telescopically fitted therein, the said tubular staff having a notch opening through its outer end, a lug on the stem and received by the notch in the tubular staff for sustaining the hoop in a perpendicular plane when the stem is telescoped into the tubular staff, a latching pin on said tubular barrel for engaging the notch in the base and holding the staff in an outwardly projected neutral position, and expansible resilient connections connected with the base and the tubular barrel at diametrically opposite sides thereof for yieldably holding the latching pin engaged in the notch.

1 ANTHONY J. PIESZAK.

EDWARD M. MULCAHY. 

